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Project / Completed 2025

Factory of The Future, Tonsley, SA

/ By Das Studio
Australian Oak
Mass Timber
Anthony Basheer
2025
Das Studio
Sarah Constructions
South Australian Department for Education
5-Star Green Energy Rating - Green Building Council of Australia

WELL Core Silver certification - International WELL Building Institute

2026 - Award - Education Architecture - SA Architecture Awards

2026 - Award - Sustainable Architecture - SA Architecture Awards

2026 - EmAGN Project Award - Australian Institute of Architects

2026 - Finalist - Australian Timber Design Awards - Sustainability

2026 - Finalist - Australian Timber Design Awards - Public Building
MASSLAM helps raise SA's first mass timber education building.
5-Star Green Energy Rating - Green Building Council of Australia

WELL Core Silver certification - International WELL Building Institute

2026 - Award - Education Architecture - SA Architecture Awards

2026 - Award - Sustainable Architecture - SA Architecture Awards

2026 - EmAGN Project Award - Australian Institute of Architects

2026 - Finalist - Australian Timber Design Awards - Sustainability

2026 - Finalist - Australian Timber Design Awards - Public Building

Tonsley Technical College – Factory of the Future, marks South Australia’s first mass timber building. Approximately 376m3 of ASH’s MASSLAM glulam beams and columns form the structural frame of the 4,000-square-metre facility, showcasing how Australian timber can support innovative, sustainable construction.

Tonsley Technical College - Factory of the Future is SA's first glulam and CLT building. Featuring ASH's MASSLAM columns and beams throughout.
Tonsley Technical College - Factory of the Future is SA's first glulam and CLT building. Featuring ASH's MASSLAM columns and beams throughout.
Tonsley Technical College - Factory of the Future is SA's first glulam and CLT building. Featuring ASH's MASSLAM columns and beams throughout.
Tonsley Technical College - Factory of the Future is SA's first glulam and CLT building. Featuring ASH's MASSLAM columns and beams throughout.
Tonsley Technical College - Factory of the Future is SA's first glulam and CLT building. Featuring ASH's MASSLAM columns and beams throughout.
Tonsley Technical College - Factory of the Future is SA's first glulam and CLT building. Featuring ASH's MASSLAM columns and beams throughout.
Tonsley Technical College - Factory of the Future is SA's first glulam and CLT building. Featuring ASH's MASSLAM columns and beams throughout.
Tonsley Technical College - Factory of the Future is SA's first glulam and CLT building. Featuring ASH's MASSLAM columns and beams throughout.
Tonsley Technical College - Factory of the Future is SA's first glulam and CLT building. Featuring ASH's MASSLAM columns and beams throughout.
Tonsley Technical College - Factory of the Future is SA's first glulam and CLT building. Featuring ASH's MASSLAM columns and beams throughout.

Learn more about MASSLAM

Timber used

MASSLAM 45
Glue-laminated mass timber system of columns, beams and floors utilising Australian Oak (Tasmanian Oak).

Applications

  • Mass timber columns & beams
  • Timber/concrete composite floors (ATC)
  • Parallel laminated timber
  • Mass timber stairs
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MASSLAM 45

MASSLAM 45 is ASH’s brand of glue laminated (GLT) mass timber systems including columns, beams and floors.

Manufactured specifically for large-scale commercial construction projects. MASSLAM 45 uses Australian Oak due to the high strength-to-weight ratios compared to timbers worldwide. The only glue-laminated timber in Australia to hold EWPAA certification.

Suitable applications:

  • Mass timber columns
  • Mass timbe beams
  • Timber/concrete composite floors (ATC)
  • Parallel laminated timber
  • Mass timber stairs

These samples are cross sections of a typical mass timber column or beam, intended to provide an accurate representation of the appearance and scale of these elements. As such, they are substantial in size and weight, and generally reserved for architects and building firms working on commercial, large-scale developments. If you are looking for structural timber (traditional F17 or laminated and finger-jointed SUPALAM F17 for an architectural look, please select the Australian Oak Uncoated sample. 

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